Guarded
Heart shattered like a glass globe dropped on a tile floor.
thousands of pieces....
wishing, wanting... waiting to be whole again.
I've spent hundreds of days gluing the pieces back, but never to form a whole globe.
cracks and sharp pieces await another destiny.
I scream at the top of my lungs, but no sound escapes my pale, dry lips.
I form a wooden box from my fingertips to lock away this glass.
I will not let it shatter again. I will protect it at all costs.
It's not fair to be dancing in a field of daisy's, feeling the wind through my long brown hair just to wake up to a nightmare.
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This is a challenge poem. I have written the start and would love for others to add to it in whatever interpretation they get!!
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Written on November 17, 2023
Submitted by teresapiccione95 on November 17, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHI |
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Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 594 |
Words | 121 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
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